Not as depressing as the segment of society that seems unable to get its head around the idea that cancer or dying in a road traffic accident are not contagious.
I wonder whether your attitude would be similarly laissez-faire about a local restaurant that gave you salmonella.
I wonder whether your attitude would be similarly laissez-faire about a local restaurant that gave you salmonella.
Living with it necessarily involves understanding how deadly it is, how it’s passed on and how we can impede it.
Nihilistic “we’ll all die of something; let’s just get back to normal” takes, actively undermine learning how to live with a new disease.
Nihilistic “we’ll all die of something; let’s just get back to normal” takes, actively undermine learning how to live with a new disease.
Not to mention that we exist in a global community. If the UK continues to be seen as an outlier, pariah nation that simply failed to grasp this in any serious way, fewer people will do business with us or want to visit (many underestimate the importance of inbound tourism).
